Industry
IT Equipment Buyer for Data Centers
Triggers
When data centers retire hardware
Data-center hardware leaves in projects, and the project usually decides the timing.
Hardware refresh cycles
Servers and storage are replaced on a planned cycle, often several racks at a time.
Consolidation
Workloads move onto fewer, denser systems and the older hardware becomes surplus.
Cloud migration
Applications move to cloud platforms and on-premises infrastructure is retired.
End of support
Hardware reaching the end of vendor support is replaced rather than renewed.
Decommissioning projects
A hall, cage or whole facility you are decommissioning leaves its equipment to sell.
Redundant hardware left in place
Infrastructure that was replaced but never removed, now treated as scrap.
Equipment
Typical data-center equipment
The categories that make up most data-center lots. Each page explains what we buy and what to send.
Servers
Rack and blade servers, valued configuration by configuration.
Storage Equipment
Storage arrays, NAS appliances and disk shelves.
Networking Equipment
Core, distribution and top-of-rack switches, routers and firewalls.
Hard Drives, SSDs & RAM
Loose drives and memory left after upgrades and refreshes.
Roles
How data-center projects usually come together
The information we need sits with different teams. A short conversation between them saves time later.
Infrastructure team
Exports the configuration list: models, processors, memory, drives and quantity per configuration.
Facility and operations
Owns access procedures, security clearances, escorts and access windows for the site.
Procurement
Reviews the valuation and approves the sale and its commercial terms.
The selling process
The full IT asset buyback processStep 01
Share your equipment details
Send an asset list, a spreadsheet export or a short description covering categories, models, quantities and condition.
Step 02
Receive a valuation
We review the details you send and come back to you with a valuation.
Step 03
Agree the handover
Agree with us how and when the equipment will be handed over.
Step 04
Complete the sale
Once you accept the valuation, the sale is completed on the agreed terms.
Preparation
What to coordinate in a data center
Points to settle on your side before hardware is moved.
Facility access procedures
Your facility team knows the site's own access rules, such as security clearance or booked access windows. Plan around them before equipment is moved.
Installed or de-installed
Tell us whether equipment is still racked and powered, or already de-installed. It changes what is involved in the handover.
Migration cutovers
Hardware often becomes surplus in phases as workloads move. Note in your list which equipment is available now.
Configuration detail
A configuration-level export is more useful than a model count: CPUs, memory and drives change the value of the same server model.
Data-bearing devices
Laptops, desktops, servers, storage systems and loose drives can all hold data. Deal with the data before handing devices over, following your organization's data policy where one applies, and tell us in your enquiry which items still contain drives.
Data-bearing devices in our FAQRelated pages
Equipment categories and the service that cover most of these projects.
Servers
Rack, tower and blade servers
Storage Equipment
Arrays, NAS appliances and disk shelves
Networking Equipment
Switches, routers and firewalls
Hard Drives, SSDs & RAM
Loose drives and memory modules
IT Asset Buyback
How a buyback works, step by step
Running a refresh or migration project?
Send the configuration list for the hardware that is leaving and we will prepare a valuation.
Get a ValuationOr contact us directly